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Lecturer (and former student) onMSc in Digital EducationStephen DownesIn 2008, Dave Cormier coined the term MOOC to describe CCK08 - the Connectivism & Connective Knowledge course run by …George SiemensEDC MOOC Week 1 HangoutImage: James Cridland, FlickrAry's sliderocket explains pre-course activities - entirely organised by prospective students"How EDCMOOC became a cMOOC before it even began"Ary Aranguiz, studentImage: Cikgu Brianhttp://tinyurl.com/bhcgwzhSebastian ThrunUdacityFor profitNot for profitMITx > HarvardX > EdXAndrew Ng & Daphne KollerStanfordGoogle hangoutWho were our students?Massive - groups within the massive?Open - only if you sign up? Online - or are people blending?Course - or happening?ReasonsCourseraWhy would you want to?Why would you want to?What happened on EDCMOOC?Massive Open Online Course"Learning is the creation and removal of connections between the entities, or the adjustment of the strengths of those connections. " Stephen Downes

Opened up his AI course to 160,000 students.

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